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单词 muzzy
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Definition of muzzy in English:

muzzy

adjectivemuzziest, muzzier ˈmʌziˈməzi
  • 1Unable to think clearly; confused.

    头脑糊涂的;昏昏沉沉的,晕晕乎乎的

    she was shivering and her head felt muzzy from sleep

    她直打哆嗦,因为刚睡醒头脑还晕晕乎乎的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After half an hour, the room started spinning a little, and everything felt slightly muzzy.
    • Around and around she spun, gazing into his black eyes, her head spinning, her mind strangely muzzy.
    • Feeling muzzy, I turn towards the keypad where the code to get in is meant to be punched in.
    • Blinking away the muzzy feeling she left in his head, he directed his attention to his smirking Second Lieutenant.
    • Mercifully, the soccer star leaned back and stared at the wall above her head, deep in his muzzy thoughts.
    • As I was a bit tired and muzzy by that time, I simply told him it was harmless by the time he received it.
    • Another soft chuckle in his ear lulled him into muzzy delirium and after a few minutes of not being sure what exactly was happening, he fell asleep.
    • Max frowned confusedly and she felt guilt overwhelm her as she realized how muzzy he was.
    • She buried her face in her pillow and searched her muzzy brain for what she was supposed to do that day.
    • I was bit muzzy in town, what with the sickness, but what I really noticed above all else in town was the smell.
    • By the end of the evening he was feeling rather muzzy, and shuffled back to his room with Alvar, intending to go straight to sleep.
    • Her mouth tasted of stale air and her mind was a soft and muzzy.
    • A hand gently touched me, just enough to wake me into muzzy consciousness.
    • Her head felt muzzy and everything was so unclear… was that thunder she heard in the distance?
    • He talked into the phone; though judging by the muzzy look on his face, he probably had no idea what he was even saying.
    • I blinked to muzzy awareness, licked dry lips and tried to rub bleary eyes, only to be brought up short by the restraints and a lance of pain through my wounds.
    • And in the morning, you'll be carrying a muzzy head, and I'll get no sense from you.
    • This morning I think Debbie was all for staying in to nurse a bit of a muzzy head but I insisted we get out and about.
    • He was trapped in a cloudy daze, his head thick and muzzy, thoughts struggling slowly through it as if wading through a pool of molasses.
    • The waking dream shattered as I started to muzzy consciousness.
    Synonyms
    groggy, light-headed, faint, dizzy, shaky, confused, muddled, fuddled, befuddled, addled, befogged
    informal dopey, woozy, not with it
    1. 1.1 Not thought out clearly; vague.
      没想清楚的;含糊的,不明确的
      society's muzzy notion of tolerance

      社会对宽容的含糊概念。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And I realised that my muzzy warm self-regard was only made possible because I had in fact faced very few real moments of moral import.
      • The show lacks sharp wit, but, most of all, it lacks a sharp intellect - it just full of muzzy, undirected emotion.
      • Yet while the right remains banished to the periphery of Scottish politics, the left has proven unable to create a narrative around its own hegemony, beyond aspirations towards the muzzy concept of social justice.
      • I don't really know what we were thinking that night: it was a strange muzzy memory to me when I tried to recall where we went and what we did.
  • 2Blurred; indistinct.

    a slightly muzzy picture

    有点儿模糊的照片。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We walk out of the club, and into the muzzy darkness of the City at night.
    • All I found on the card, though, was a slightly muzzy shot of her sitting on the dining table in the caravan on our first full day, surveying her new, temporary quarters.
    • He pulled his hood over his head, and followed her out into the hallway, his head still pounding slightly and his vision was muzzy at the corners.
    • I rubbed my eyes, still muzzy from fatigue, and followed them.
    • As I slipped into the muzzy darkness bordering on nothing, I thought I felt a soft paw on my shoulder.
    Synonyms
    blurred, blurry, fuzzy, unfocused, unclear, indistinct, ill-defined, woolly, foggy, hazy, faint

Derivatives

  • muzzily

  • adverb
    • Beth peered muzzily at the tiny readout, then groaned, ‘I've got to go.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I come round muzzily as the back doors of the lorry fall open.
      • The creature lying supine on the mattress reflected muzzily on her current situation.
  • muzziness

  • noun
    • The shock cleared some of the muzziness away but still left the disturbing feelings those night terrors had engendered lurking at the edges.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Reported adverse effects have included nausea, drowsiness, dry mouth, sweating, dizziness, muzziness, trembling, and sedation.
      • He spits up a gob of black phlegm, then shakes his head against the muzziness of breathing exhaust all night.

Origin

Early 18th century: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

fuzzy, scuzzy

Definition of muzzy in US English:

muzzy

adjectiveˈməzēˈməzi
  • 1Unable to think clearly; confused.

    头脑糊涂的;昏昏沉沉的,晕晕乎乎的

    she was shivering and her head felt muzzy from sleep

    她直打哆嗦,因为刚睡醒头脑还晕晕乎乎的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another soft chuckle in his ear lulled him into muzzy delirium and after a few minutes of not being sure what exactly was happening, he fell asleep.
    • Blinking away the muzzy feeling she left in his head, he directed his attention to his smirking Second Lieutenant.
    • By the end of the evening he was feeling rather muzzy, and shuffled back to his room with Alvar, intending to go straight to sleep.
    • She buried her face in her pillow and searched her muzzy brain for what she was supposed to do that day.
    • Feeling muzzy, I turn towards the keypad where the code to get in is meant to be punched in.
    • He was trapped in a cloudy daze, his head thick and muzzy, thoughts struggling slowly through it as if wading through a pool of molasses.
    • The waking dream shattered as I started to muzzy consciousness.
    • After half an hour, the room started spinning a little, and everything felt slightly muzzy.
    • I blinked to muzzy awareness, licked dry lips and tried to rub bleary eyes, only to be brought up short by the restraints and a lance of pain through my wounds.
    • As I was a bit tired and muzzy by that time, I simply told him it was harmless by the time he received it.
    • He talked into the phone; though judging by the muzzy look on his face, he probably had no idea what he was even saying.
    • Max frowned confusedly and she felt guilt overwhelm her as she realized how muzzy he was.
    • Mercifully, the soccer star leaned back and stared at the wall above her head, deep in his muzzy thoughts.
    • And in the morning, you'll be carrying a muzzy head, and I'll get no sense from you.
    • Around and around she spun, gazing into his black eyes, her head spinning, her mind strangely muzzy.
    • This morning I think Debbie was all for staying in to nurse a bit of a muzzy head but I insisted we get out and about.
    • A hand gently touched me, just enough to wake me into muzzy consciousness.
    • Her head felt muzzy and everything was so unclear… was that thunder she heard in the distance?
    • Her mouth tasted of stale air and her mind was a soft and muzzy.
    • I was bit muzzy in town, what with the sickness, but what I really noticed above all else in town was the smell.
    Synonyms
    groggy, light-headed, faint, dizzy, shaky, confused, muddled, fuddled, befuddled, addled, befogged
    1. 1.1 Not thought out clearly; vague.
      没想清楚的;含糊的,不明确的
      society's muzzy notion of tolerance

      社会对宽容的含糊概念。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The show lacks sharp wit, but, most of all, it lacks a sharp intellect - it just full of muzzy, undirected emotion.
      • Yet while the right remains banished to the periphery of Scottish politics, the left has proven unable to create a narrative around its own hegemony, beyond aspirations towards the muzzy concept of social justice.
      • I don't really know what we were thinking that night: it was a strange muzzy memory to me when I tried to recall where we went and what we did.
      • And I realised that my muzzy warm self-regard was only made possible because I had in fact faced very few real moments of moral import.
  • 2Blurred; indistinct.

    a slightly muzzy picture

    有点儿模糊的照片。

    the bass and drums are, even on CD, appallingly muzzy

    低音部和鼓声即使在CD唱片上也非常不清楚。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He pulled his hood over his head, and followed her out into the hallway, his head still pounding slightly and his vision was muzzy at the corners.
    • We walk out of the club, and into the muzzy darkness of the City at night.
    • As I slipped into the muzzy darkness bordering on nothing, I thought I felt a soft paw on my shoulder.
    • I rubbed my eyes, still muzzy from fatigue, and followed them.
    • All I found on the card, though, was a slightly muzzy shot of her sitting on the dining table in the caravan on our first full day, surveying her new, temporary quarters.
    Synonyms
    blurred, blurry, fuzzy, unfocused, unclear, indistinct, ill-defined, woolly, foggy, hazy, faint

Origin

Early 18th century: of unknown origin.

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